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The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-15

Governor Albeit in his last message
to the Legislature after complimenting
the people on the advance made in tax
ing corporations during his administra-
ton goes on to Recommend further leg
islation in that direction, also further
labor legislation and a revision of the
election laws, The bad condition OF
the public schools is shown in the facts
that there are 1868, 478 school children in
the State, only 222, 279 attended school
last year and there were only accommo-
dations for 20O, 800. Legislation to
remedy the wrong is advised.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-15

The death of Rev. Gildon Elvin is a
sad and great loss, in deed, to the New
Jersey Conference, and particularly to
st. Pauls Church and his family. He
was a genial and social companion and
being such a stalwart and healthy man
his death is a reminder that life is very
uncertain even to the most hardy. The
Church and his family have our sympa-
thies in their bereavement.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-15

According to the report of the stand
ing of the u. s. Senate it appears that
the people are ruled more and more by
corporations than by superiority OF in-
tellect and in accordance with the rules
of Justice. How to remedy this evil
will be a great question for the people
to solve in the future. No difference
which party is in power it seems that
the corporations is bound to be on top.
The root of all the evil is the corrupt
use Of money in elections. The intel
ligent people, invariably are deep root
ed in their political convictions, and
but very rarely change their way of
voting, while it is the floating voters,
who can and often have to be paid to
vote, who control the elections. The side
which supplies the most Doodle gets
their and wins the contest.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-15

Camden will have a Federal building
o as Senator Sewell's bill appropriate
ed 500, 900 for one has passed both the
Senate and House.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-15


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Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

II Is said that Fl. three thousand
% four thousand horses are killed in
Spain yearly in bulI-fghti. /.
Dr.. Hooks, the inventor Of principles
II physics adopted by Newtcn, was the
isss man that applied spr to q
watch, in 1853.
There are 5. GOO cunuchs in the 'mpe-
.ial palace at Pekin. They are liz ed
,ery severely and placed under ST 4
regulations, but when they get into
avor, as they often do, they WELD enor-
nous power, owing to their immediate
contact with the emperor and empress.
In England in 1857 an excise duty was
aid upon tobacco. The Virginia planters
attempted to retaliate By procuring nets
if the assembly for the encouragement
# domestic manufacture, ii order to re-
luce the importations from the Mother
Country. King James disallowcd thess
let as hostile to English interests.
Maryland made similar attempt, but
allied.
The right Of sanctuary, which was
slaimed in the days Of the Norman kings
England, when plundering and rob
,ery were the rule, consisted in seeking
,helter in the church Or churchyard. No
me could venture to touch the fugitive
here. To hurt on kill any one in
;hurch was considered an objectionable
,r4me.
Snakes that eat poisonous snakes by
,hoice always catch them BY the nose, 50
hey cannot open their mouths Then
hey swallow them, nose and head first,
md the reptile never has a chance to bite.
King snakes, the black snakes with white
marks, do that way. There is another
snake, Of dull lead color, in the West
indies, that does the same way.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11
Letters and Numbers.

The Greeks used the letters Of the
alphabet for numerals. The cumbersome
system used by the Romans, and called
after them, consisted of strokes q II
III IIID to indicate the four fingers,
and two strokes joined Cvl to represent
the hand, or five fingers. Ten was .
picture Of two hands, or two VS. (X).
But when the Romans and Greeks work
ed at the higher mathematics or attempt
ed hard sums in arithmetic, they are much
more likely to have used letters, in order
to avoid the clumsiness Of these numerals;
il other words, they used what looked
like kind Of algebra. We know that
they tried to simplify the Roman nu-
merals at Rome by making four and nine
with three strokes instead Of four, by
placing an before the v and an ] before
the x Nv and TX.
Our use of the numerals which we call
Arabic is comparatively recent, ard il
is believed that the Arabs got these num-
bers from India several centuries after
the Koran was written, OF about eight
hundred years after Christ.
Whether the Indian numerals were
originally part Of some ancient alphabet,
Or series Of shortened signs originally
somewhat like the Roman numerals thai
we still use, is not really decided.
Tho numbers used By the people Of
India who wrote in Sanskrit were very
Like the figures !, 2, 3, A 3, 8, z, 3, 9,
and Q, that we use to-day. Even closer
resemblances will be found if one goes
back to the earliest forms of our numer-
ais; for, during the last thousand years,
our numbers have undergone some slight
changes. Together with these numerals,
the Arabs learned from India how to do
sums By algebra. For algebra, though
an Arabic word, is o. science Of which
the Arabs were ignorant before they
reached India
It may be said that the invention Of
these numerals and Of algebra for the
higher mathematics stamps the old Hin
docs as one 81 the most wonderful races |
81 the world. &. Nicholas
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

Kindnz SIS Il the golden chain with which
people are ouni together.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11
TREATING THE WRONG DISEASE.

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which his
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thereby stiung comfort instea
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
BELLS OF TBE ANGELU5.

Bells Of the past whose unfOrgotten music
still fills the wide oXpuusC,
Tinglng the sober twilight Of the present
with color Of romance'
hear you call aud see the sun descending
on rocks and wave, and sand,
AS down the coast the mission voices blond
Ing
Girdle ,ho heather land
within the circle nf your iucaqtatiOn
No blight nor mildGw falls;
Nor fierce unrest, nor lust, nor lost ambition
Passes those airy walls.
Borne on the swell Of your long waves re
Ceding
touch lie faI ther pa,t-
zee The dying glow Of spanish glory,
The sunset dream and lasi!
Before me rise the dome-shlped mission
towers
The white presiiio,
The swart commander In his leathern ierkin,
The priest In stole Of snow.
Once more see FortNla's cross uplifting
Above the setting sun,
And past tho headland, uorthward, slowly
drifting,
The ffelghted galleOn.
o, solemn bells whose oonsecrated masses
Recall the faith Of old
o, tinEllng bells that lulled with twilight
music
The spiritual fold.
Your voices break, they falter in tho dark.
ness
Break, falter and arc still;
And, yelled and mystic, Ike the host dc
scendDg,
The sun sinks from the hill.
-[Bret Harte.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

A MONUMENT Is about to be erected In
Savapnsb, Ga to the memory OF Sergeant
jasper Of Revolutionary fame.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL sailed from Lv-
,rpool for Boston yesterday on The steamer
Pavonia. He returns next April.
OVER 81 GOO coo are Invested In the tools
for manufacturing type writer's " Is est-
mated that between 60. 900 and 20 900 oithe
machines are In use.
THERE are 400 day scholars aud $3.50
night scholars 10 the Cooper Institute, New
York, and over | 900 applicants who cannot
at present be accommodated.
RECENT analyses Of Ohio River water
have created q regular typhoid scare In
Cincinnati and only water that has been well
boiled is now Led for drinking purposes.
JAY GOULD ia sailing toward Europe and
Robert Garrett IS rolling westward toward
the Pacific. Tne stocktieker has no eS-
cuse for not maintaini, & Its balance Chi
csgo Inter. Ocean.
MRs. POTTER and Mrs. Langtry each got,
according to leading managers estimate,
exactly ST. 900 worth OF advertising out of
| last Sundays New York papers, without
| its costing them cent.
THE st. Louis Globe Democrat takes the
ground that only one language should be
taught in the public schools of that city at
the public expense, aud makes this its plat
| form for the School Board election which
takes place November 22.
A MONUMENT of polished Scotch granite
has been erected to the memory of the late
Jennie Collins of Boston. 1t bears the fol-
lowing inscription: "Jennie Collins, the
| Working Girls Friend, and Founder Of
'Boflln's Bower Died July 20, 1887, Aged
| so Years"
WHEN General Phil Cook was presented
| to Miss Winnie Davis she was alluded to as
the "Daughter of the Confederacy." The
gallant General was led captive at once by
| her beauty and grace, and, extending his
hand, said: "Miss Winnie, / am q widower;
| please enroll me as candidate for the posi-
lion OF son-in-law Of the Confederacy.n
THE first statue OF Longfellow erected In
this country, bronze, will be unveiled
next spring at the poets birthplace, Port
| land, Me. II was made In Italy by Frank
lin Simmons OF Maine. The poet is shown
seated in a carved chair with one arm rest
Ing on the back Of It, while the other, hold
Ing manuscripts, rests on his lap. The
| figure is draped in a cloak.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
WASHINGTON, NOV. 3, 1887.
MIR. HoopER's MISSION.


The New York Times says that Mr..
Hooper's business in Washington
collecting money from clerks in the
Federal Departments for the use OF the
Democratic party In New Iork-is
Improper, not TO say indecent"
Why?
Because Mr.. Hooper is a clerk In the
Department OF State at Albany and l.
the Secretary ot the General Examin.
ing Board of the State Civil Service
Commission.
But what shall be done 10 stop
this improper, not TO say indecent,
conduct
To whom Is Mr.. Hooper amcnable
for his improptle,y, not to say in:
decencyg
Isit the business OF Presiden, Cleve.
land to order him out Of Washington
or the duly Of Governor Hi to order
him back to Albany
1t does seem to THE Critic as II It,
New York contemporary was going u
very long way and putting itself TO a
grea, deal Of trouble. for n mighty
small matter.
There is nothing in the Civil Service
law that prevents clerks from con.
tribuiing such sums as they may see fit
10 aid the campaign managers of their
respective States. Neither is 1t indie
cent, or improper that they should do
so; neither is it improper or indecent
that the funds thus raised should be
handed over to some reponsible party
who will see that proper disposition
is made of the money, provided the
custodian who receipts for the contri'
buttons is not himself Federal official,
OF IN the employ Of the Government.
Mr.. Hooper came on here not to
assess anybody or to distress anybody,
but simply TO serve as a medium of
communication between the contrib
u,ing clerks and the New York State
Committee-to facilitate collections
and accommodate subscribers. 1t was
thought convenient method, and has
proved to be such.
The Times says that political assess
ments in the State service (of New
York; are forbidden by law" Bu'
Mr.. Hooper is making no assessments
is doing nothing that is forbidden BY
either State or Federal law.
Only upon the assumption that 1t Il
improper to collect money for campaign
uses Is his conduct improper; and II i
is not improper, 1, is certainly not in
decent.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
LABOR on PARADE.

The demonstration of the working
men last evening was creditable In
numbers, appearance and good order.
The platform adopted is not to be
commended for Its brevlty, being about
six tines Gs long AS 1t ought to be,
but II contains anumher of declarations
with which THE CRIrIc Is in hearty
concurrence
We believe In the right Of labor to
organize itself for protection against
every unjust or unlawful encroach.
ment; in the condemnation of all vic.
lations Of the law and Reputation Of
all incendiary utterances; in reorgan.
i2atiUn of the Pelice Court upon q
broader magisterial basis; In the equal
ity of the remuneration paid men and
women for The same kind of work; in
the substitution of arbitration for
strikes and boycotts; In the forfeiture
OF unearned land grants; in education,
temperance and the postal telegraph.
We do not believe In the God given
weapon Of the boycott" as one of the
speakers expressed 1t; nor In an arbi-
trary eight.hour law; nor In Investing
the citizens Of the District with the
right of suffrage, for the reason that,
as stated In the preamble to the plat
form, Congress is the only body com.
petent to legislate for the District and
for other reasons that are too obvious
to need rehearsal.
The CRITIo Is glad to see, however,
that as between itself and the labor or.
ganizations there are so few substantial
differences.
The platform does not state the par.
ticular object of the demonstration, but
this may readily be determined from
the tenor of the speeches delivered at
the various meeting places.
1t was In the nature of protest
against the recent decision of a United
States Judge in conspiracy case,
wherein the principle of the boycott
and Its practical application were de
clarcd to be unlawful
The preamble recites that 1t is "the
genius of our Institutions to invite the
freest discussion upon all questions
affecting the interests, the rights and
the liberties of the people" This Is
not an issue; 1t is an admitted right.
Is It not also "the genius of our In
stitutions" that the Judges OF th'
Courts shall he at liberty to expounc
the law as established by precedents
without public assaults upon their In
tegriiy or the righteousness of thell
decisions?
We do not call In question the righ
of the Labor organizations to carry tn,
case upon which Judge Suell pro
nouLced judgment to the highes
courts in order, If possible, to secure
reversal. But we do question yer!
seriously the roprlety of seeking t.
reverse this decision by popula
elamor, by denunclatory rhetoric ant
methods of intimidation.
Suppose the Supreme Court of tn
United States approves the decision o
Judge Smell. What then? What re
sort is then left but revolution?
But are our people ready to SOW tn
germs OF revolution In advance an
undermine the respect that the countr!
always has had and always must have
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN THE SUPREME COURT or THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Nutl Bros,'sS Co. ct nj. No. iO.70a
ys. Equity Docket
stott. Cromwell & Co ct al 81
This cause. together with the report Of the
nssiPnces and receiver, being referred to mo
to state accounts ui the assets and Of the
claims Of creditors, notice Is hereby given 70
all creditors of the iirm II Stutt, Cromwell y
Co., and Of u hester Stnii, to nrovH Their
claims against the said firm and tho saul
stott before nc at my office In tho United
States Court House, Washington, ID. O., within
thirty days from and after this list day OF Mo-
ytmbcr, 1887.
TO state the said accounts Of assets aud claims
on Saturday. the 81 Of. December, 1887, at II
O'Clock u. m, at my oflice as above.
JAMES q. PAYNE,
AuIftnr
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
JNo. JOY EDISON, ssc'y.
,-xs.s OFFICE OF raE COMMISSION

w 'OLbN Dlhs
WAsUtSGToN. Oct. ~, 1887
Deemlng II conducive to tho public interest
to open u public highway from Boundary
street to the northern boundary of n tract of
land held by the trustees of Prospect mn
cemetery Association. the same being a rec
tilintnr ptOlgnggtion of North Capitol ,troet,
through the lands of tho heirs of Emily Beale,
Annie Barbour and the trustees of the
aforesaid association, the Commissioners Of
the District of Columbia have had said route
duly surveyed, and a plat thereof prepared
and filed IN this Office.
In compliance with the requirements of law
notice Is hereby given of tho proposed open
ing Of a highway as aforesaid, and all persons
who have objections to present are directed
to attend at the Office of the Commissioners
at II O'Clock 0. IN. on FRIDAY. the llth day
of November, 1857, at which timo the Com
missioners will give hearing TO all persons In
interest.
by order of the Commissioners of the Dis
triot Of Columbia.
WILLIAM TtNDALL.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03

THE English Liberals have made
gains Of seventy eight, and the Con.
servatives of sixty two, in the recent
municipal elections. Mr.. Gladstone's 5
approach to the front is slow, but up.
parently sure.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03

THE best resolutions adopted by the
workingmen of Washington at their
demonstration last night were those In
favor of education and temperance.
Sobriety and intelligence are God.
given weapons" indeed.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03

THE CmTIC's owl, borne BY dele.
ga,ion OF composiiors from this Office,
was notable feature of the great La
Dor parade last evening. Let the work
ingmen of Washington adopt 1t as their
patron bird, symbolic of wisdom and
common sense, and they will never go
far wrong
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
SAYS the Minneapolis Journal:

We do not favor buying out the watered
stock of the Western Union at fancy price.
Let that company jog along at its own gait.
But let the people of the United States have a
telegIaph company Of their own.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
BUSINESS CHANGES.


TOR SALE-Spiendid Lot on Mass.
II ave, near 18th st, 30.6xl0o feet to 20.toot
alley; price TO immediate purchaser ~ per
foot.
Choice lot on Connecticut ayenue-part of
lot IA, square l59-nearly opposite the British
Minister'S. Front, 80 feet9 inches; average
depth, 1870 feet.
Lot "a, block 30, Columbia Heights, corner
Kenyon and 18th SITS, 100 feet front; depth, ls0
feet; SOC per foot. Also adjoining lot "a, 100
feet front; depth 150 feet; zoe per foot.
East half Of square 1868, fronting on North
Carolina avenue, Q and 10th ats n o, respect
lively, and containing 10000 square icet.
Price, So 200.
Subs 40 and ~, square 1871, fronting s2.s
feet on Rhode Island avenue, bet 10th AMI
nth SITS, by average depth OF l5O feet; " por
foot.
A bargain near the now library on A st 9, O..
Part Of lot 10, square Sls, 30.GxS7 feet at the
low price OF $50 per foot 10 Immediate pur-
chaser.
Lots and 10. square 1913, AT the corner OF
Massachusetts, avenue and 10Th st o, fronting
Is7 feet on the avenue and 90 feet on 10th ST.
price 2Cc per foot.
laOr II At.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03

as long as II remains country, for Its
Judicial tribunals
Judge Smell Is no more Ohm Xious tu
dtclamatory abuse than would ba Chlei
Justice Waite under like conditions.
Our friends of the working classes
should move with dignity and discre.
tion In this matter II they would retain
that confidence and esteem Of their
fellow citizens, without which their
organizations can never succeed in
becoming the power for good tina.
under wise and patriotic management
they are capable of being made.
A BiLL will be introduced in the next
Congress In regard TO the licensing of
railway conductors and locomotive ga.
glneers, and requiring all railway com.
panies to comply with its provisions.
The bill provides for the appointment
OF chief examiner, to be appointed by
the President, at salary OF $500;
ten supervising examiners, at salaries
OF -, 500 each, to he appointed by the
chief examiner, and twenty district
examiners, two In each of the ten dis.
tricis into which II Is proposed TO divide
the United States, Mt salaries OF $1,000
each, and assistant examiners, where
necessary, at salaries of $1,000
each. All licenses are to be issued
under the general supervision and
approval OF the chief examiner. In
view of the accidents that not infrc
queDtly occur through the incompe'
ttncy of engineers and conductors, the
measure may be regarded rs In the di-
rectiOn Of greater safety 10 travel.
Oh, ciion may be raised to the estab'
lishmeut of such bureau, but In no
other wny is a uniform national system
| Of licenses practicable. That some
.uch system Is highly desirable and in
The interest of railroads, goes without
say ing. 1t is also understood to he
very generally approved by the great
fraternity OF conductors and engineers
THE Alabama prohibilionists, not to
he behind the biz procession, are also
bestirring themselves, and will hol II
convention ut Montgomery, December
10, to choose delegates To the National
Convention, john T. Tanner, chair.
man of their State Executive Commit
tee, will be their choice for the Vice.
Presidential nomination.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03

SIXTY CHOICE SELECTIONS OF
- SMALL HOMES OF FROM ONE TO ONE
HUNDRED ACRES, IMPROVED AND uN,
IMPROVED, WITHIN FROM ONE HALE 10
THREE MILES OF TIE CITY, AT LOWEST
PRICES AND MOST FAVORABLE TERMS,
n. II. SYPHERD h co. 1907 50.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
BOARDING.

DOARDING-Four Gentlemen Can
ID obtain board in private family; rei'
sOnable rates, with home comforts; BELT Limo
cars pass the door; convenient to Pension and
Printing offices. Apply at 1908 18th st, ID door
above NJ 81 n W.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
FOR EXCHANGE.

EOR ENCHhNGE-I8 Lots In CHI
II cBgO. rare chance for builder.
Apply TO j. W, p. MYERS d SON,
1923 N Y ave.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
COUNTRY PROPERTY.

L,OR sALE-For 500, In Monthly
Il payments OF $40, title is secured to
fine building lot 5Oxl20 feet and nn equal
share. 1850, of the remaining 90 or ~ acres,
including the weli.known "Carlin Springs"
the pleasure grounds, and three houses con-
veyed by the owners to the syndicate,
The first payment is now being made. So
lection OF lots will follow Immediately after
Nov. 1. A practical builder will erect a model
cottage this fall, and Others are also expected
to commence their improvements at once.
This plat will ba built upon by bona ide in-
yestors.
BAXTER & MAoGOWAN,
ll.Ia and lnlL L Il
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03

FARM Gs ACRES, Montgomery County, Nd;
double house: all necessary outbuildincs;
good fencing; plenty of wood AMI water;
short drive from Washington Grove Camp; to
immediate purchaser $4,000. -
j. W. r. MYERS Il SON,
lI29 N ave,
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
MONEY To LOAN.
REAL. ESTATE.

NOR sALE-JOHN II. SMYTH ~ co.,
II Real Estate Brokers, see Sth 1t W.
We beg to offer the best bargains In i'm.
proved and unimproved property IN the city
and county to persons desiring TO buy homes,
seeking paying Investments and good speoull.
tiOns. Call and examine our lists.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
EoR SALE
L Brick, Or and cellar on Caroline st

EOR SALE-On New York Ave n W,
rooms, all frescoed. mod imps, with 2-story
brick stable In rear; price, only s6,250.
j. W. p. MYERS & SON,
fi2S New York ave.
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

M ANTFD-A Gentleman Familiar
w with prosecution of pension claims,
would like employment on some after office
hours. Address CLAIMS, Critic office.
"ASTED-A Respectable Young
w oulored girl wants place rs nurse and
chlmhcrmaid. Apply at 7l2 Freeman alley,
bet 9Th and 7th, N and o SITS,
M ANTED-A Young Woman Desires
w q position as housekeeper for a bach
elOr or widower; best Of city references Adj
dress BOX T., Critic office.
3" "AHTED-By u Bright Young Col
w ored man, place as porter or waiter,
ATply TO EDWARD HARRIGAN, La Pierre
House, 10th and Il sts n W.
NUAHTED-By Lady, "a Position as
w. copyist; writes a plain, rapid hand;
small salary. Address C0PYIST Critic Office
The Washington critic., 1887-11-03

U,OR saLE-53,8aO Square Feet OF
Il ground. good location; northeast sectioni
price only l0c per foot,